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7.28

No one with ambition has come under fire more than Hillary Clinton. As early as 2006, a survey by The New York Observer found a “virtual cottage industry” of anti-Clinton literature. Her political career, especially her bid for the 2016 presidency, has only increased the verbal assaults. One such diatribe is a recent statement from… Read More.

7.19

Every year Forbes publishes its list of the world’s most powerful women. Many such lists honor women who have made it to the top of their field. Yet currently, women hold only 5.3 percent of Fortune 500 CEO positions and 5.4 percent of Fortune 1,000 positions. The progress of women to leadership positions has been… Read More.

7.15

This is a guest post from Whitney Johnson. It’s 1996. I work in investment banking at Smith Barney Shearson. My boss, who hired and mentored me, has been given the boot. Because I’m on the wrong side of the political aisle, I’m also in peril. Realizing that I can’t stay in my current position, I… Read More.

7.6

At 19, Misty Copeland imagined herself not as a member of the corps, but as a principal dancer. In her memoir, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina, Misty writes that “It felt right. It felt like a promise. Someday, somehow, it was going to happen for me.” And so it did happen. This week, Misty… Read More.